gets warning on gcc

This is a discussion on gets warning on gcc within the C Programming forums, part of the General Programming Boards category; Sorry if this has been asked, my program works correctly however gcc gives this warning message after compilation.
/tmp/ccCSFstj.o(.text+0x29): In ...

Ah, Sams. Gawd bless the cheeky monkeys. Always one to dare to do the impossible (Claim to teach complicated programming languages in the space of between a day and 3 weeks, which most of its customers seem to think is a guarantee)...

That seems to be the wrong edition of the book I have Sams Teach yourself C in 21day Ed6. not the VC++ one. I dont expect to learn C in 21days that wasnt the aim of me buying the book its impossible to learn any language in 21days most are too big.